The countrywide COVID-19 lockdown is an essential measure taken to contain the spread of the coronavirus. We all carry a huge responsibility to mitigate the pandemic’s impact in our country. Please visit the Coronavirus Disease 2019 page for more information on UCT’s response to the virus in our university community.
UCT is an inclusive and engaged research-intensive African university that inspires creativity through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery and citizenship; enhancing the lives of its students and staff, advancing a more equitable and sustainable social order and influencing the global higher education landscape.
UCT leads, in Africa, in four of the five major world university rankings: Times Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds, Center for World University Rankings and US News Best Global Universities.
136th Times Higher Education
UCT moved 20 places to 136th position in the latest 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
121st US News
The sixth edition of the US News Best Global Universities rankings saw UCT being ranked 121st globally for 2020.
We would like to welcome you all to our 3rd Leadership Conference where we share and learn about how we can strive to improve ourselves as leaders towards the betterment of the services we offer.
The event will take place face-to-face and virtually.
Due to Covid-19 Alert Level 1, we can only accommodate 250 delegates face-to-face and we have reached the 250 capacity.
The Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Associate Professor Lionel Green-Thompson, invites you to a virtual Annual Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture.
The course, offered jointly with Agri Land Price Index (Pty) Ltd (ALPIX), aims to provide knowledge and skills in the valuation of agricultural property to support valuers involved in land reform valuations in terms of the Property Valuation Act of 2014.